verb · transitive

vilipend

vi·li·pend

vilipend · vilipends · vilipended · vilipending

To treat as inconsequential or worthlessTo treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.

UK/ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/US/ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/

Meaning

2 senses

(dated, formal, transitive)To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
презира́тьprezirátʹ
(dated, formal, transitive)To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.
клевета́тьklevetátʹ, поро́читьporóčitʹ

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Translations

5 languages

Русский

to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise:

to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify:

Origin

From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms],

From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”).

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